The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
3:43 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 210
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.83° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.26° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.