The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2192
Waning Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
10:52 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3339
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 | 226.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.53° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.37° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| 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.