The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1948
Last Quarter
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
12:52 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 321
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.20° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.81° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.