The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
1:54 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1348
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 | 111.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.75° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.47° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.