The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1955
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
9:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.79° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.15° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.