The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2070
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
8:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1827
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -3.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.85° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.03° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.