The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
2:02 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 272
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.96° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.13° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.