The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
10:38 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 218.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 313.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.68° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.68° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.