The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1908
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
4:33 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -174
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 | 349.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.34° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.89° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.