The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
1:42 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3228
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.57° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.39° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.