The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1954
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
6:42 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 396
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 154.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.11° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.59° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.