The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2062
Last Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.61° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.10° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.