The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2170
Waning Crescent
20.9% 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
1:58 AM
5:42 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3063
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 | 305.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.01° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.74° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.