The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 1, 1956
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
4:45 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 190.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -12.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.95° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.68° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.