The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
3:26 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1236
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.92° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.19° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.