The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1926
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
10:35 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 49
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 | 220.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.73° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.82° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.