The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2153
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
10:31 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2853
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.61° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.37° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.