The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1954
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
11:39 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 395
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 4.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.08° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.47° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.