The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2131
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
7:57 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2585
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 | 33.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 137.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.21° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.51° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.