The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
8:56 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1134
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.11° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.12° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.