The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2012
Waning Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
1:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 249.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.02° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.97° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.