The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 2184
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3240
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 5.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.33° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.11° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.