The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
2:57 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1348
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 14.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.71° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.32° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| 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.