The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2157
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
12:08 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2906
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.91° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.93° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.