The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2073
Waning Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
1:10 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1867
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 | 279.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.63° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.53° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.