The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
5:47 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1740
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 339.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.09° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.77° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.