The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1956
First Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.07° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.45° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.