The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
5:47 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2795
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 16.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.18° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.87° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.