The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1906
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
9:34 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -202
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 | 224.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.26° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.30° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.