The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1956
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
9:16 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.29° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.49° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| 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.