The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 1921
Waning Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
1:31 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -13
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.21° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.63° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.