The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 10, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% 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
3:16 PM
12:33 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 454
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.02° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.66° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.