The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1919
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
5:42 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -37
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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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 | 2.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 168.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.58° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.80° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.