The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 1955
Waning Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
1:08 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.18° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.82° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.