The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2161
Waxing Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
11:22 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2956
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.57° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.22° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.