The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1953
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
9:36 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 322.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.17° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.01° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.