The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
3:28 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2659
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 | 127.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.70° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.39° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.