The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2157
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2906
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 | 259.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.85° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.78° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.