The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2090
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
7:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2078
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 148.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.74° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.91° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.