The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:28 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.52° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.72° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.