The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1997
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
10:25 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 50.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.94° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.87° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.