The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
1:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -16
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.57° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.04° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.