The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1975
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
10:29 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 231.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.12° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.69° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.