The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2163
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
3:43 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2980
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 | 332.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.58° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.99° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.