The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1932
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
1:10 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 123
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 | 294.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -12.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.69° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.90° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.