The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1956
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
9:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 322.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.28° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.61° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.