The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
4:36 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2795
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 31.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.65° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.00° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.