The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 1, 1956
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
10:03 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 411
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.24° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.18° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.