The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2034
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
4:20 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1385
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 | 142.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.20° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.47° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.