The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
2:40 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.15° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.99° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.