The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2174
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
3:34 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3116
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 191.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -27.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.33° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.27° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.