The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2160
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
1:28 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2943
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 | 301.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.36° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.87° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| 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.