The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 1983
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
10:12 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 111.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -10.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.92° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.17° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.57° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.