The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
3:23 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1954
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 | 127.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.19° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.45° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| 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.