The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2052
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
7:48 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 | 27.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 140.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.31° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.16° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.