The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2077
First Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1917
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / -2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.16° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.48° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.