The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2031
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
12:49 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1344
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 | 247.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.12° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.56° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.