The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 2011
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
3:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1100
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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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 202.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.01° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.91° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.