The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1953
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
10:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 219.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 310.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.06° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.14° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.