The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2039
First Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
12:09 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1447
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / -2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.20° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.09° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.