The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
12:55 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.59° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.15° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.