The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
3:59 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.41° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.56° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.