The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 13, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% 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
3:58 PM
1:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.05° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.90° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.