The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1961
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
8:05 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 187.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 342.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.57° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.