The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
2:34 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 118.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.29° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.11° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.