The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
3:32 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3265
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 | 132.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.61° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.52° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.