The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
12:46 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.60° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.98° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.