The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1956
Waxing Crescent
16.0% 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
10:45 AM
8:39 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 129.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.32° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.30° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.