The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1973
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
3:39 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 630
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 195.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.85° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.47° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.