The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
6:08 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3401
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 | 159.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 15.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.63° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.12° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.