The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2054
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
1:17 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.29° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.72° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| 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.