The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 6, 2020
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
11:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.59° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.38° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.