The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
1:19 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 58
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 | 115.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.88° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.94° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.