The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1904
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
7:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -223
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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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.92° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 186.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.