The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1954
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 396
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 93.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / 2.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.92° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.70° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.