The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 1956
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
10:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.20° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.11° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.