The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2078
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
11:12 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1929
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 | 230.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.41° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.89° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| 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.