The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
1:56 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1060
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 | 123.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -23.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.17° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.60° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.