The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2043
Last Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
12:35 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1496
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.45° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.45° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.