The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2182
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
3:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3215
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 200.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.01° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.80° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.