The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 2, 1956
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
10:56 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 411
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.11° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.37° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.