The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2066
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1781
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 93.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / 0.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.07° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.41° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.94° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| 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.