The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2049
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
4:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 345.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 187.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.21° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.69° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.