The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2105
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
9:33 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 213.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 314.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.34° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.10° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.