The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1962
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
3:09 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 494
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.55° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.16° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.