The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 10, 2006
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
10:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 220.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 301.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.47° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.71° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.