The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
1:23 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1682
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.38° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.14° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.