The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1922
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
9:42 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 0
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 | 51.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.15° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.65° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.