The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2096
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
11:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2152
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.81° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.84° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.