The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1944
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
11:26 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 268
Events on this date
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Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.60° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.38° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.