The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 10, 2048
Waxing Crescent
7.0% 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
9:47 AM
8:44 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1555
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.84° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.83° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.