The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
1:13 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1447
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 | 105.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.91° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.75° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.93° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.