The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 1994
Waning Gibbous
71.7% 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
10:59 PM
11:02 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 890
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 | 244.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.95° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.62° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.