The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1035
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -28.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.55° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.91° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| 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.