The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2100
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2201
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.64° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.70° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| 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.