The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 10, 2018
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
8:45 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 12.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 129.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 3.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.41° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.10° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.