The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2039
Waning Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
10:54 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1443
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.74° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.97° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.