The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% 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
3:54 PM
12:17 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.32° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.75° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.