The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1914
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -99
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.88° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.84° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.