The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Waxing Crescent
3.9% 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
8:55 AM
7:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 22.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 146.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -16.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.97° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.76° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.