The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2087
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
3:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2040
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 | 334.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 201.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.32° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.94° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.