The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1945
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
11:00 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 227.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.01° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.62° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| 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.