The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2057
First Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1666
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 92.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.32° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.59° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.