The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 10, 1991
Waxing Crescent
6.4% 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
9:39 AM
8:38 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 850
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.21° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.23° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.