The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1984
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
6:17 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 156.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -26.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.39° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.83° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.