The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
6:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 6.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.93° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.80° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.