The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:12 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1196
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.16° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.45° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.19° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.