The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2071
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
6:37 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1843
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 | 13.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 156.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.52° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.72° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.