The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1957
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
6:58 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 17.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.12° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.17° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.