The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 1932
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
1:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.16° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.07° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.