The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Last Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
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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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.43° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.50° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.