The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2100
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
11:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2201
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 | 249.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.29° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.55° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.