The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
12:34 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3228
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 | 97.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.42° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.54° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.