The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1921
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
12:55 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -13
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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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 Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.59° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.46° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.