The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 1956
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
4:10 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 206.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.24° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.48° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.