The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
2:55 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.48° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.45° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.