The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
9:13 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 121.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.41° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.55° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.