The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2068
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
4:42 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1805
Events on this date
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 183.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.22° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.51° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.