The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1913
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
1:19 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -112
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 | 296.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.85° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.10° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.