The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
4:17 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1719
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 | 137.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 37.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.01° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.13° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.