The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1973
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
4:29 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 630
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 183.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -23.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.76° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.66° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.