The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2085
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
12:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2016
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / 5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.19° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.97° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.