The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
1:52 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 293
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 | 123.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.83° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.14° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.