The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1976
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
7:23 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 668
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 | 22.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 146.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.00° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.36° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.