The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 10, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
6:16 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1938
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 | 173.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 328.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.23° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.