The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2111
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 7.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.83° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.80° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.