The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
12:32 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 961
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 | 100.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.16° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.77° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.