The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2060
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
5:39 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1707
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 163.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -27.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.37° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.82° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.