The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
5:41 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2210
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 | 165.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 342.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.95° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.37° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.