The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2037
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
8:43 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 336.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.26° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.62° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.