The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
6:30 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.74° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.69° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.