The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1956
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
3:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 201.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.26° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.18° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.