The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 1971
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
8:50 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 602
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 5.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.41° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.