The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2078
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
8:26 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1926
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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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.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 134.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.38° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.30° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| 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.