The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2046
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
1:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1533
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 | 311.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 224.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.07° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.55° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.