The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 1977
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
6:06 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 202.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.58° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.31° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.