The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
2:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -62
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 | 121.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.22° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.81° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.