The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2111
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
12:57 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.92° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.96° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.