The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2076
Waning Crescent
13.1% 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
4:06 AM
2:44 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1904
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 | 317.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.44° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.63° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.