The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1967
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
9:19 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 553
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.57° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.17° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.