The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1923
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
5:05 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 8
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 | 306.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.4° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.10° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.13° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.