The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1959
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 457
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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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.80° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.90° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.