The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1900
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
7:15 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -272
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 | 20.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.35° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.23° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.