The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2063
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
8:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1744
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 137.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.51° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.05° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.