The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2107
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
10:54 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2284
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.32° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.40° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.