The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1937
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 259.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / -1.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.85° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.50° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.37° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.