The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1946
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
4:30 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 296
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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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 182.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.24° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.33° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.