The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1942
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
8:32 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 247
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 335.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.61° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 178.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.