The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2173
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
11:00 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3104
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 302.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.61° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.73° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| 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.