The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 19, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
3:43 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1085
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -13.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.07° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.59° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.