The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1956
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
1:12 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.10° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.42° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.