The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
1:54 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2993
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 | 112.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 64.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.98° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.19° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.