The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
4:11 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 12
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.09° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.51° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.