The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 10, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
4:25 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2272
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 | 148.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.88° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.22° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.