The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 10, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 156.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.38° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.21° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.