The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2056
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
1:43 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.70° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.31° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.