The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 1956
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
10:35 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 8.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.96° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.88° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.