The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2168
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
1:54 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3042
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 | 296.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.85° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.38° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.