The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 10, 1971
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
1:55 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 602
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 | 255.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 25.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.26° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.14° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.