The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2089
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2065
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 | 261.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.58° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.