The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1997
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
1:00 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.55° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.49° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| 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.