The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1940
Waning Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
1:26 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 291.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.17° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.43° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.