The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 1956
Waning Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
1:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 236.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.19° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.65° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.