The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 1956
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
5:15 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 175.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.76° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.56° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.