The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1946
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
5:14 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 297
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 170.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.03° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.48° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.