The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1929
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 5.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.46° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.84° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.