The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2161
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2956
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 | 80.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.62° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.05° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.