The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2176
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
9:09 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3138
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 | 39.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 122.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.13° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.91° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.