The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 2021
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
8:12 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1220
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.9° / 141.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 12.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.56° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 159.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.