The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2141
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
1:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2708
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 | 310.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.30° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.23° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.