The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2112
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
9:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2350
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.88° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.15° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.