The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
5:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1620
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 18.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.80° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.55° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.