The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1952
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
11:55 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 371
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 | 75.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.21° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.42° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.