The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% 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
3:39 PM
12:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2272
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.04° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.98° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.