The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1900
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
8:11 AM
6:10 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 162.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.00° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.42° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.