The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2120
Waxing Crescent
6.0% 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
9:43 AM
7:41 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2449
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.37° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.82° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.