The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2144
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
3:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2745
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 201.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.99° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.19° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.