The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
1:53 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 309
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 | 112.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.82° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.86° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.