The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2002
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
11:04 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 989
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.14° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.04° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.