The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2070
Waning Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:25 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1830
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 | 249.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.45° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.49° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.