The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1967
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
11:54 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 556
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° 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 | 248.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.17° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.30° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.