The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 1991
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
6:45 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 849
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 182.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.33° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.82° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.