The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 2129
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
6:25 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2556
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.3° / 202.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.64° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.13° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| 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.