The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
3:01 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1719
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 | 124.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.52° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.26° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.