The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
4:34 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1954
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 | 139.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 35.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.68° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.32° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.