The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 1956
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
9:19 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -12.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.50° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.18° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.