The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2022
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
4:16 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 349.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 183.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.71° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.38° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.