The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2041
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
4:22 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1471
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 181.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -27.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.22° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.18° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.