The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2054
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
1:51 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.15° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.89° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.