The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 1955
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
11:51 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 235.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.38° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.61° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.