The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
6:29 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 11.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.07° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.40° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.