The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 21, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
2:06 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 9.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.39° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.00° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.