The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2065
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
1:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1768
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 | 309.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 225.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.49° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.35° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.