The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 1954
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
4:42 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 395
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 179.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -24.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.62° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.04° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.