The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
1:06 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 111.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 80.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -23.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.90° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.95° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.