The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2114
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
2:24 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2374
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 225.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.29° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.90° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| 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.