The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2002
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
10:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 214.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 23.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.66° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.90° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.