The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
6:05 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 330
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 | 171.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 328.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.37° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.20° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.9° |
| 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.