The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
4:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 136.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.09° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.51° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.