The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1956
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
10:03 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.66° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.04° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.