The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2841
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -25.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.93° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.05° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.99° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.