The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
5:37 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 157.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 18.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.61° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.14° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.