The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2097
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
10:38 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2164
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 | 218.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.00° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.56° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.