The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2011
Waning Crescent
1.5% 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
6:39 AM
4:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 346.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.54° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.10° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.