The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2056
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
11:54 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.83° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.37° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.