The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1914
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
11:27 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -99
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 | 71.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.47° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.00° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.