The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 10, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
12:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 924
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 86.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.33° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.03° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.