The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -78
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 | 109.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.72° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.65° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.