The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2149
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
1:17 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2807
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 | 279.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / 0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.99° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.41° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.