The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 1956
First Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.05° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.30° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.