The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -214
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 | 96.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.27° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.09° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.