The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1979
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
10:13 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.32° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.25° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.