The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
4:24 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 445
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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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 | 141.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.42° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.48° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.