The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 7, 1956
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
9:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.43° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.11° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.