The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1955
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
7:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 358.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.82° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.