The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2160
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
11:38 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2940
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 | 79.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.52° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.46° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.62° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.