The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1903
Waxing Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
8:58 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -13.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.00° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.46° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.