The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 11, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
1:07 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.29° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.45° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.