The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 10, 1956
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
10:38 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 415
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 104.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.47° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.91° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.