The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2005
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
12:08 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 | 257.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.87° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.87° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.