The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2056
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
6:42 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.99° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.75° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.