The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 2151
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
5:36 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2828
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 25.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.55° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.93° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| 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.