The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1952
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
10:04 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 367
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 | 214.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 11.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.89° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.78° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.