The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2179
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
12:47 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3178
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 | 285.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.29° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.52° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.