The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2155
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
4:17 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2881
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 181.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -28.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.51° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.66° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.