The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2086
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
10:00 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2028
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 | 222.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 11.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.62° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.44° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.