The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% 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
3:15 PM
4:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 | 142.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 34.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.27° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.67° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| 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.