The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
2:44 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1035
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -24.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.65° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.33° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.