The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 1948
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:51 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 318
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.47° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.73° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.