The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1987
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
7:20 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 804
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.30° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.08° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.