The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 25, 1956
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
5:43 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 326.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.02° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.