The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1956
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
10:37 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.07° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.89° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.73° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.