The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
7:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3067
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 | 172.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 1.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 25.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.93° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.