The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2047
Waning Gibbous
94.7% 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
8:39 PM
9:21 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1542
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 | 206.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 309.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.33° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.39° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.