The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
6:09 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 14.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.62° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.80° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.