The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1955
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
6:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 156.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.16° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.71° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.