The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2122
Waning Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
12:59 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2473
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 | 292.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.59° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.25° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.