The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 2130
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:08 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2569
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.65° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.89° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.