The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1907
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
10:40 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -186
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.68° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.18° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.