The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2185
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
6:05 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3253
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 162.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.07° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.23° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.