The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
3:17 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.03° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.86° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.