The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1956
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
9:15 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 122.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.99° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.25° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.