The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1956
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
8:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 317.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.53° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.52° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.