The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1911
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
6:46 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -136
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 149.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.05° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.13° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.