The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
4:46 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2894
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 | 141.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 33.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.96° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.46° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.