The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 10, 2010
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
8:47 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1085
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 127.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.40° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.44° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.