The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1954
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
1:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 395
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 226.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.03° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.30° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.