The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1956
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
8:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.95° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.47° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.