The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1991
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
8:57 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 853
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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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.30° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.48° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.