The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2114
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
11:51 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2371
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.30° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.60° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.