The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1954
Waning Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
12:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 395
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.12° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.78° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.