The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
2:40 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2053
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 | 120.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.40° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.92° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.