The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
4:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -260
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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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.10° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.73° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.