The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1937
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
11:08 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 247.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.47° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.22° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.