The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 10, 1961
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
8:20 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 479
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 | 6.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 136.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.72° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.31° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.