The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1929
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
12:58 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -1.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.87° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.99° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.