The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2127
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
10:13 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2535
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 | 223.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 306.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.49° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.61° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.