The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 6, 2043
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
9:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1493
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 | 36.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 121.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.37° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.16° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.