The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 10, 2023
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
6:07 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 312.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.2° / 240.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.70° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.04° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.