The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1956
Waxing Crescent
30.3% 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
1:07 PM
10:55 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.01° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.84° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.