The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 10, 1976
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
9:08 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 664
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 | 203.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 308.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.92° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.70° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| 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.