The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2057
Waning Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
3:13 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1669
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 209.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.46° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.02° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.