The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2084
Waning Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
1:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2003
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 | 297.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.59° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.97° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.