The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2109
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
6:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2313
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 | 10.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 159.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.36° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.28° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.