The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1955
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
5:35 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 168.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -22.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.37° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.90° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.