The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 1956
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
7:13 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 149.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.72° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.91° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.