The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 1956
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
7:02 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 416
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.4° / 168.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.42° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.88° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.