The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1957
Waxing Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
7:58 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 29.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 139.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.89° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.98° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.