The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2059
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
11:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 235.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.00° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.24° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.