The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2176
Last Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3141
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.93° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.59° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.