The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1972
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
10:19 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.83° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.95° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.