The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 1913
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
1:49 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -112
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 | 309.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.97° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.27° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.