The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2032
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
11:13 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1360
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 | 246.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.14° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.06° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| 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.