The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2040
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
11:30 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1459
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 | 236.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.41° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.59° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.