The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2141
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
1:20 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2708
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.96° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.06° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.