The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2183
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
12:05 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3224
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 | 240.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.95° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.40° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.