The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2143
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
5:56 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2729
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 210.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 13.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.40° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.59° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.