The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1956
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
8:20 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 133.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.40° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.47° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.