The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1956
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
4:46 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 182.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.13° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.76° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.