The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1955
Waxing Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
11:24 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.23° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.81° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.