The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2152
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
2:30 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2844
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 | 317.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.32° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.54° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.