The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
2:19 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 12
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.40° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.79° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.