The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1954
Waning Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
2:10 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.18° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.57° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.