The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 10, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
3:49 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 961
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 28.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.54° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.01° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.