The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2051
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
11:40 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 | 255.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.70° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.84° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.