The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
3:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 128.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.21° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.96° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.