The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2130
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
1:21 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2572
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.72° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.77° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.