The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2187
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
1:23 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3277
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 | 283.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.23° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.04° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.