The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 1937
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
8:28 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 182
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 131.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -5.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.41° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.21° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.