The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2101
Waxing Crescent
13.5% 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
10:26 AM
9:02 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2214
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 | 43.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.74° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.44° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.