The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
5:41 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2445
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 342.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.42° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.57° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.