The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 2039
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1443
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.83° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.75° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.