The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1943
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
3:16 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 259
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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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 223.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.28° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.66° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| 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.