The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
1:10 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1917
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 | 104.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 72.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.33° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.33° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.