The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2136
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
4:17 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2646
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 181.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -28.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.07° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.85° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.