The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1982
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 742
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 | 79.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.33° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.32° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| 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.