moon rise and set question please

Rising and setting times for the Moon

Meridian Passing DateMoonriseMoonsetTimeAltitudeDistanceIlluminatedPhase(km)3 Dec 2009-
17:0009:59
-00:56 62.3° 365,22199.2%..


Could someone explain the bit under time where it says 00.56, what does this mean?
It has moonrise at 17.00, I get this, that when the moon starts to rise, then it says moon set at 9.59.
So Im wondering what the 00.56 refers to??

Hope someone can make sense of this question,
Thanks

Popoutman

where are you getting this information? It may need a bit of context to give you a good answer.

polyfusion

Probably somewhere like here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?obj=moon&obj=moon&n=78

Is it the time the Moon is at it's highest point across it's path across the sky? It looks roughly halfway between those times. Or time at it's fullest that day/night?

Popoutman

Ah. Now that explains it.

"Meridian passing" is the point at which the centre of the moon is due south.
"Altitude" is the degrees altitude above the horizon.
"Distance" is probably the distance between the centre of the moon and the centre of the earth.
""illuminated" is the percentage of the visible face that is in sunlight.

polyfusion

polyfusion wrote: »

Probably somewhere like here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?obj=moon&obj=moon&n=78

Is it the time the Moon is at it's highest point across it's path across the sky? It looks roughly halfway between those times. Or time at it's fullest that day/night?

Hi yes, thats where I got it. I wondered what yhe 56 mins was, like did the mooon travel during that time .

jumpguy

00:56 is 56 minutes past midnight (4 minutes to one), and is time of day. This is the presumably the time when the moon is at it's maximum altitude (62.3°)