The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1955
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
2:06 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.41° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.17° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.