The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1954
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
9:55 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 396
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.28° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.04° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.