The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 10, 1944
Waning Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
3:45 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 268
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.71° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.17° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.