The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1954
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
10:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 395
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.27° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.50° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.