The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
2:00 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 111.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 12.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.75° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.53° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.