The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1951
Waning Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
12:45 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 358
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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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.99° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.23° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.53° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.