The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2090
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
8:09 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2078
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 | 32.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 136.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.70° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.72° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.