The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2024
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
9:23 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.46° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.74° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.