The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2121
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
5:09 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2457
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.83° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.88° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.