The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 10, 2001
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 973
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.47° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.37° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.