The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
1:02 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2152
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 | 102.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.72° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.52° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.