The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 1938
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
7:16 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.59° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.80° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.