The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1905
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
2:43 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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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 | 312.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 225.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -10.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.77° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.75° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.