The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2013
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
11:16 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 248.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 3.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.89° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.41° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.