The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
1:52 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.93° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.56° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.04° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.