The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2101
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
7:45 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2214
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 | 29.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 141.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -21.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.00° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.62° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.