The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1940
Waning Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
12:49 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 278.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.00° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.26° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.