The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2171
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
1:50 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3079
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 | 301.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.23° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.16° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| 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.