The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
1:29 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.79° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.14° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.