The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 31, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
5:14 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.03° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.28° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.