The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2104
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
9:01 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2247
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.60° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.