The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2046
Waning Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
1:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1533
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.72° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.37° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.