The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 6, 1936
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
1:17 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 169
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 | 250.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.74° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.00° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.