The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2154
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
10:11 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2869
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 | 210.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 321.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.22° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.81° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.