The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1949
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
8:16 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 134.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.19° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.50° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.