The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
4:35 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.00° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.32° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.