The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 1910
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
12:53 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.05° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.19° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.