The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2069
Waning Gibbous
65.8% 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
11:27 PM
1:08 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1814
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.43° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.17° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| 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.