The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2181
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
9:19 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3203
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 | 209.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 319.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.59° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.15° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.