The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 1955
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
9:36 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.16° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.70° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.