The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 1956
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
9:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.01° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.05° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.95° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.