The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
4:05 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1134
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 | 145.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 24.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.98° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.57° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.