The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2081
Last Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1966
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
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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 | 264.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.57° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.90° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.