The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1956
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
6:39 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 163.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.57° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.87° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.