The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1981
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
3:02 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 729
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 | 319.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.54° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.80° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.