The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
1:59 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.89° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.71° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.