The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2089
Waning Gibbous
68.1% 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
11:21 PM
11:26 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2065
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 | 248.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 5.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.44° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.29° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.