The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2074
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
11:25 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1880
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.32° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.96° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.40° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.