The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1945
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
8:25 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 281
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.2° / 135.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 10.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.76° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.12° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.