The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1989
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
1:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 828
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.34° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.13° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.