The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2048
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
9:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 206.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 322.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 17.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.78° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.86° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| 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.