The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
6:21 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2226
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 14.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 25.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.37° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.01° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.