The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2138
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2671
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 | 261.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -0.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.79° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.13° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.