The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1911
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
7:48 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 33.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 138.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.92° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.94° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.