The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2032
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1360
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.97° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.21° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.