The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1954
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 395
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / -0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.76° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.63° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.