The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 1926
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
8:05 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 45
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.8° / 144.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.07° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.29° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.