The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2005
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.78° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.02° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.