The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1956
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
5:44 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.53° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.41° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.