The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2092
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
1:11 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2102
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / 0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.71° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.34° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.