The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2008
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
1:37 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 307.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.85° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.94° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.