The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1917
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
12:15 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -66
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 | 250.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.26° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.69° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.