The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2022
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
5:19 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 168.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.79° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.43° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.