The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2146
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
10:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2770
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 | 230.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.74° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.39° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| 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.