The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
2:55 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2424
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 | 121.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.38° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.17° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.