The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2017
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
10:18 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 59.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.17° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.64° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.