The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1955
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
12:26 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.49° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.