The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 10, 1956
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
11:23 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 103.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.73° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.51° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.