The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
2:57 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2993
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 | 124.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.17° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.04° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.