The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 1949
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
10:06 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 330
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.03° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.52° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.