The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2075
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
8:53 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1892
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 | 194.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 336.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 12m / 23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.54° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.06° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.