The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1980
Waning Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
6:37 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 329.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 196.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.36° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.57° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.