The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2040
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
8:21 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
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Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.6° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 10.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.03° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.09° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.