The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1955
Waning Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
11:40 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.83° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.34° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.