The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1975
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
8:12 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.79° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.84° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.