The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% 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
3:11 PM
12:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3212
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.00° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.96° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.