The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 2056
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
5:35 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1653
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.52° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.34° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.