The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 1954
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
2:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 395
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 215.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.85° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.48° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.