The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 6, 2015
Waning Crescent
36.9% 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
1:00 AM
3:37 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 285.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.10° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.83° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.