The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 10, 2056
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
8:46 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 128.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.15° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.49° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.