The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1948
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 321
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.13° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.65° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.