The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 10, 2009
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
1:32 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 251.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.84° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.75° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.