The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2143
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
7:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2733
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 344.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.11° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.46° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.