The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2051
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
11:09 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 | 244.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.17° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.69° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.