The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1955
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
8:09 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 342.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.08° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| 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.