The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
2:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1818
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 | 120.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.88° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.72° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.