The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 1, 1956
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
5:32 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.62° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.43° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.