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Moon phase on 11 September 2009 Friday is Last
11 September
Quarter, 21 days old Moon is 2009
in Gemini. Friday

12:00 UTC
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Last Quarter 57% illuminated

Last Quarter is the lunar phase on 11 September 2009,
Friday. Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon
surface is 57% and getting smaller. The 21 days old
Moon is in Gemini.

* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is

on 12 September 2009 at 02:16 UTC.

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Moon phase and lunation

details

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises at midnight and sets at noon. It is visible to
the south in the morning.

Moon in Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠11° of Gemini tropical
zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠ 1941"

Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc.
Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1941"
and ∠1906".

Hunter Moon after 22 days

Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2009 after
22 days on 4 October 2009 at 06:10.

Upcoming main Moon phases

Last Quarter in Gemini after 1 day on

12 September 2009 at 02:16

New Moon in Virgo after 7 days on

18 September 2009 at 18:44

First Quarter in Capricorn after 14 days on

26 September 2009 at 04:50

Full Moon in Aries after 22 days on

4 October 2009 at 06:10

Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon
gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big
angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.

Lunation 119 / 1072

The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is
moving through the last part of current synodic month.
This is lunation 119 of Meeus index or 1072 from Brown
series.

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Synodic month length 29.36 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and
43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the
next lunation's length. The lengths of the following
synodic months are going to increasing with the true
anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of
New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length shorter than

mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and
1 minute shorter than the mean synodic month length. It
is 2 hours and 8 minutes longer compared to 21st
century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on 11

September 2009 Friday
12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠ 20.3°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is
∠20.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true
anomaly is going to be ∠39.3°.

Moon before apogee

11 days after point of apogee on 31 August 2009 at
11:04 in Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow,
while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep
this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon
reaches the point of next perigee on 16 September 2009
at 07:55 in Leo.

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Distance to Moon 369 251 km

The Moon is 369 251 km (229 442 mi) away from Earth
and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point
perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be
364 054 km (226 213 mi).

Moon before descending node

10 days after ascending node on 1 September 2009 at
03:18 in Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the
ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit
crosses from North to South in descending node on
14 September 2009 at 20:56 in Cancer.

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Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in
Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning
to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon before northern standstill

13 days since the previous standstill on 28 August 2009
at 20:17 in Sagittarius when the Moon has reached
South declination of ∠-26.391°, the lunar orbit is
extending northward over the next day to face maximum
declination of ∠26.289° at the point of next northern
standstill on 12 September 2009 at 04:36 in Gemini.

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Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 18 September 2009 at 18:44 in Virgo
the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric
conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-
Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

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fl Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary
Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak,
 www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space

Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio,
 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

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