The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1967
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 556
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 | 260.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.73° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.45° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.