The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1978
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
12:32 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 692
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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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 0.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.17° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.70° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.