The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1934
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
9:18 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 148
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 | 200.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.71° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.22° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.