The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
10:52 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.53° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.07° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.