The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1918
Waning Gibbous
65.0% 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
11:41 PM
11:22 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 252.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.73° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.58° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.