The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2043
Waning Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1496
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.86° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.30° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.