The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 2056
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1653
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.71° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.47° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.