The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2198
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:45 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3413
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 | 284.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.51° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.31° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.