The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1976
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
8:30 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 668
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 | 35.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.13° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.18° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.