The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
7:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3401
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 2.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.83° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.