The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2105
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
8:48 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 199.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.51° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.97° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.