The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2146
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
11:12 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2770
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 | 240.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.54° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.53° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.