The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Last Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
2:45 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1245
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.70° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.19° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.