The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 2028
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
9:37 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1307
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 307.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.75° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.79° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.