The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2184
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
11:37 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3240
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.70° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.97° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.