The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 2078
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
9:53 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1926
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 | 48.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.96° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.77° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| 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.