The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
2:09 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 318.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 216.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.92° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.12° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.