The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 2050
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
4:35 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1579
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.78° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.19° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.