The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 2088
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
12:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2049
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.00° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.98° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.