The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 1904
Waning Crescent
14.3% 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
2:11 AM
4:38 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -227
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 | 315.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.8° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.46° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.06° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.