The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1922
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
10:39 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 108.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -8.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.44° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.48° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.