The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1960
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
10:26 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 59.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.13° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.05° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.