The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
1:30 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 68.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.61° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.86° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.