The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
7:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 172.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 1.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.37° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.