The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 1997
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
1:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
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Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.43° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.65° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.