The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2014
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
6:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.37° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.95° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.