The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 2055
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
7:25 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1641
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.49° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| 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.