The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
1:30 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.09° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.33° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.