The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 1996
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
4:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 911
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 | 290.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.27° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.24° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.