The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 28, 1956
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
2:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.78° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.00° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.