The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
5:33 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 20.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.01° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.60° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.