The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
6:05 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1505
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 | 170.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 333.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.30° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.