The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2070
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1830
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 | 261.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.90° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.63° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.