The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
12:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2037
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 | 105.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.09° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.57° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.