The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 1975
Waning Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
11:03 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 244.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 4.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.19° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.84° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.