The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:00 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 99.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.35° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.68° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| 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.