The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
2:39 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2758
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 | 120.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.70° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.83° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.