The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
3:20 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3129
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 | 126.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.37° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.78° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.