The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1941
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
10:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 235
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 | 57.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.02° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.94° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.85° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.