The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2047
First Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1546
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 3.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.58° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.56° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| 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.