The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 1995
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
6:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 903
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: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 161.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.10° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.75° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.