The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
5:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 95
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 | 164.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 338.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.47° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.97° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.