The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
1:11 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2288
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 | 102.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.16° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.41° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| 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.