The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1992
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
4:06 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 865
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.48° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.28° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.