The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1955
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
4:44 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 180.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.56° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.91° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.