The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2112
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
7:09 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2346
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.70° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.