The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2124
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
9:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2498
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 | 213.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 314.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.53° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.90° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.