The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 1938
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
7:56 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.98° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.15° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.