The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1956
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
7:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.35° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.66° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.