The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2065
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
1:05 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1768
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.02° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.17° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.