The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 10, 1980
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
8:42 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 714
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 2.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.80° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.49° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.