The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 6, 1959
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
10:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 454
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.07° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.51° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.