The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1956
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
6:25 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 195.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.42° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.64° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.