The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1986
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
11:56 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 250.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.02° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.09° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| 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.