The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 10, 1953
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
8:29 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 380
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 | 25.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.10° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.64° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.