The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1939
Last Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 206
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.89° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.11° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.83° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.