The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 2010
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
6:39 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 334.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 185.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.71° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.62° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.