The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1955
Waxing Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / 1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.83° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.64° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.