The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
2:05 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3129
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 | 113.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.85° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.92° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.