The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
1:56 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1938
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.90° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.97° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.