The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1955
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
7:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 144.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.96° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.52° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.