The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1951
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
10:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 355
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 | 62.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.03° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.84° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.