The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2059
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
8:13 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1690
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 140.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.91° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.49° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 170.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.