The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2187
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3277
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 | 270.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.10° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.87° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.