The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1956
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
7:48 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 326.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.35° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 32.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.