The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 2140
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
7:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 3:52 PM, is deepest at 5:24 PM and ends at 6:57 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 355.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.12° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.