The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2007
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
7:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 357.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.71° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.56° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.