The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 10, 2021
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
10:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.90° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.97° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.