The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1956
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
9:17 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.34° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.29° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.