The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1956
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
9:57 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.20° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.74° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.