The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2103
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
12:34 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2238
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 | 282.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.63° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.43° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.