The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1918
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
10:55 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 241.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.29° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.43° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.