The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
5:47 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 111
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 | 153.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 25.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.13° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.68° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.