The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 1904
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
7:29 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -226
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 151.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.54° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.00° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.