The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1955
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
9:33 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 324.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.05° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.92° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.