The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
12:59 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -198
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 | 102.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 0.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.50° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.21° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.