The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2190
Waning Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
1:49 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3314
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars 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 | 302.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 234.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.76° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.96° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.