The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2074
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
10:20 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1880
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 | 59.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.89° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.57° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.