The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
7:16 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 316.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.82° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.43° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.