The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 10, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% 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
5:37 PM
2:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.59° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.40° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.