The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 10, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
4:03 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 21
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 22.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.27° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.02° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.