The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1956
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
11:51 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 411
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.93° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.56° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.