The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1922
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
7:17 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -4
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.98° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.