The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1956
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.66° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.17° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.