The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2006
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
7:18 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 26.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.25° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.29° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.