The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2059
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
10:56 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 223.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 308.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.59° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.10° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.