The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1907
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
10:02 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -186
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
-
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 | 212.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 318.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.89° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.04° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.