The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1906
First Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -198
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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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 | 90.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.36° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.