The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
6:24 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 9.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.02° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.76° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.