The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1910
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -149
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 | 261.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.53° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.04° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.