The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
12:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.59° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.23° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.