The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
2:06 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.85° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.30° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.