The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1979
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
9:05 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 705
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 | 43.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.09° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.43° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.