The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2000
Waning Crescent
8.6% 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
4:47 AM
3:19 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 326.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 210.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.43° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.60° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.