The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1956
Waxing Crescent
39.6% 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
1:53 PM
11:50 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.12° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.64° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.