The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
3:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 129.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.47° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.28° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.