The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2023
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
11:03 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.53° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.32° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.