The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 1929
Waxing Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
9:46 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 83
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 | 40.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.37° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.55° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.