The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2097
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
11:46 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2164
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 12.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.15° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.83° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.