The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2001
First Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 977
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.13° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 7.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.51° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.