The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 25, 1956
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
1:02 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.35° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.22° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.