The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% 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
1:46 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1583
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 | 110.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.04° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.66° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| 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.