The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2016
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
1:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 | 298.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.22° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.45° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.