The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1941
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
7:52 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 231
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 | 190.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.55° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.