The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
12:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2977
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 | 100.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.67° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.78° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.