The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 1956
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 403,100 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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.80° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.75° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.