The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 1955
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
8:56 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.25° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.58° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.