The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1962
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
2:38 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 494
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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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.37° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.98° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.