The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1956
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
2:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 410
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.89° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.63° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.