The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1990
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
11:41 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.36° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.79° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.