The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2138
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:31 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2671
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.99° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.97° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.