The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1956
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
11:10 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.47° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.02° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.