The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2192
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
11:17 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3339
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.03° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.51° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.