The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 10, 1923
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
7:52 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 42% of the Sun is covered at 5:33 PM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.16° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.94° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.