The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2013
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
10:46 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 237.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.84° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.27° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.