The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
2:38 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 544
Events on this date
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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 | 120.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.95° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.06° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.