The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1956
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
8:23 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 338.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.36° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.49° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| 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.