The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2194
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
3:19 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3364
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.28° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.98° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.