The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2095
First Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2136
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.92° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.18° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.