The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2035
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
1:16 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1397
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 | 282.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.04° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.93° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.