The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 1923
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
1:00 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 12
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.72° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.14° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.