The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2148
Waning Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
3:54 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2791
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.91° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.05° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.