The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
3:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2189
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 | 123.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.85° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.82° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.