The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
8:53 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 197.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.32° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.29° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| 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.