The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
4:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 38.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.09° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.02° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.