The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 10, 1979
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
11:51 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.23° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.53° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.