The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 1995
Waxing Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
7:30 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 145.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.40° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.56° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.