The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 1949
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
9:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 334
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 | 49.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 122.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.31° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.31° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.