The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2135
Waning Gibbous
89.8% 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
8:15 PM
10:32 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2634
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 | 217.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 315.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.44° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.16° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.