The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2010
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
9:34 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 210.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 318.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.46° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.42° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.