The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1990
Waxing Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
10:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 61.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -8.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.67° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.96° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.