The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2050
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
1:12 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1579
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.41° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.36° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.