The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
11:45 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1085
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.91° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.70° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.55° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.