The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 2186
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3261
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.05° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.46° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.