The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2054
Waning Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
12:47 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1620
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.55° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.66° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.