The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2195
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
11:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3376
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 | 254.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 1.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.60° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.23° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.