The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
12:43 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 99.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / -0.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.09° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.36° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.